Ms Maria O'Dwyer:

Again, we would probably follow the water services planning guidelines, which are supporting compact development where possible. In line with the CRU, through the development of our connection charging model, a key principle of that was to maximise the use of our existing assets. We would very much support that. Further in that model, where network extensions are being built or funded by developers, a key part of that model as well would be that we have the ability to upsize some of those assets. That is where we can actually fund that and put it on our capital investment plan. That goes back to supporting long-term planning, but the difference in that case is that a developer is leading the initiative to build, so there is certainty around it being a good place to build and put the investment.

On brownfield and greenfield, it depends. A brownfield site has that capacity being utilised somewhere else in the vicinity. Is it still available, or has it been utilised by one of the neighbouring properties, depending on what has happened there? If the site had been recently active and the capacity is still there, we are able to recognise the recent benefits of that in terms of processing the new site details.